MicrobeWorld

Bioluminescent art blends science and creativity to create images that can only be seen in the dark. What do you get when you add a chemical engineer, a graphic designer and a research scientist? Beautiful art. In a wondrous combination of nature and design, bioluminescent art involves using nat... Read More

Transmission electron micrograph of novel coronavirus particles, colorized in yellow.

Credit: NIAID

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The life cycle of D. discoideum begins as spores that are released from a mature fruiting body. Read More

The life cycle of D. discoideum begins as spores that are released from a mature fruiting body. Read More

When you're hard drive fails, you order a new one online and then swap it out. Why can't we do that for biological parts as well? From DNA robots and "organs-on-a-chip" to nanobristles that grab-and-release drugs, this slideshow explores the two major goals of synthetic biology: to build new bio... Read More